A concise synthesis of 3-(1-alkenyl)isoindolin-1-ones and 5-(1-alkenyl)pyrrol-2-ones by the intermolecular coupling reactions of N-acyliminium ions with unactivated olefins

• Main Authors: Nianhong Lu, Lihong Wang, Zhanshan Li, Wei Zhang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beilstein-Institut 2012-02-01
• Series: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Subjects: 3-(1-alkenyl)isoindol-1-ones; 5-(1-alkenyl)pyrrol-2-ones; coupling reaction; 2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxyisoindol-1-one; 2,5-dihydro-5-hydroxypyrrol-2-one; N-acyliminium ions
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.21
• ISSN: 1860-5397

A concise synthesis of 3-(1-alkenyl)isoindolin-1-ones and 5-(1-alkenyl)pyrrol-2-ones has been achieved by the coupling reactions of N-acyliminium ions produced from 3-hydroxyisoindol-1-ones or 5-hydroxy-1-pyrrol-2-ones with unactivated olefins in the presence of BF3·OEt2 at room temperature. For most of the olefins, the reactions afforded the Csp3–Csp2 cross-coupling products, but for the α-methylstyrene and 1-hexene, the Csp3–Csp3 cross-coupling products were obtained.